Mueller says the FBI is not to blame for Michael Flynn’s false statements

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The special counsel’s office pushed back at the suggestion that the FBI acted improperly in its interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn lied several times to White House officials about his dialogue with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and repeated those falsehoods when approached by the FBI. The special counsel […]

Mueller says the FBI is not to blame for Michael Flynn’s false statements

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The special counsel’s office pushed back at the suggestion that the FBI acted improperly in its interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn lied several times to White House officials about his dialogue with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and repeated those falsehoods when approached by the FBI. The special counsel […]

Mueller says the FBI is not to blame for Michael Flynn’s false statements

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster The special counsel’s office pushed back at the suggestion that the FBI acted improperly in its interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn lied several times to White House officials about his dialogue with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and repeated those falsehoods when approached by the FBI. The special counsel […]

New Trump Tower meeting details, a whistleblower, and the GOP’s efforts to malign the FBI — the Trump Russia investigation a week after Flynn’s guilty plea

Brian Snyder/Reuters In the week following former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea, new details have emerged about the meeting President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., attended in July 2016 with a Russian lawyer who offered him “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, among other revelations. The investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller has also […]

Trump was reportedly told to stay away from Twitter after Mike Flynn’s plea deal was revealed

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Following news of former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s plea deal, President Donald Trump was reportedly urged by staffers not to weigh in on Twitter. Trump believed that Flynn was “in a lot of trouble,” according to an adviser. The president and other White House staffers reportedly had no warning of Flynn’s […]

ABC News clarifies a critical detail in its report on Michael Flynn’s plea deal

George Frey/Getty Images ABC News issued a clarification on a critical detail from its original report on former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s plea deal. A spokesperson said one of the network’s sources clarified that Flynn was prepared to testify that Trump, as president-elect, instructed Flynn to establish contact with Russia on various matters of […]

Mueller’s team reportedly issues subpoenas to lobbying firms that worked with Flynn’s and Manafort’s consulting groups

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has subpoenaed a number of Washington lobbying firms as part of its investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the 2016 election in his favor, The Washington Post reported on Friday.  The firms that were subpoenaed have been associated with consulting firms […]

Special counsel expands probe to include ex-Trump aide Michael Flynn’s dealings with Turkey

Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia, is expanding his probe to include a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, three sources told Reuters. The move means Mueller’s politically charged inquiry will now look into Flynn’s paid work […]

‘I’m not sure how much more of a siren you have to sound’: Sally Yates on warnings that led to Mike Flynn’s firing

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates attempted to explain in one sentence the seriousness of her warnings about former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “I’m not sure how much more of a siren you have to sound,” Yates said in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper that aired Tuesday night. Yates informed White House counsel Donald McGahn in […]

Michael Flynn’s comments about immunity last year are coming back to bite him

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has offered to be interviewed by the FBI in exchange for immunity. Last year, discussing Hillary Clinton’s private email server, Flynn said that anybody who is given immunity has “probably committed a crime.” Feedburner